Some favourite moments: Trying to work out exactly what Histoire(s) du Cinema was about, but still giving it 5 stars, watching Lord of the Rings back to back, taking my children to see Back to the Future at the cinema, Some least favourite moments: Taking my children to see Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, Ninja Assassin,

Best film I saw at the cinema: No challenge here, it was seeing 2001 A Space Odyssey on a humongous screen with a symphony orchestra playing the soundtrack live. Breathtaking, unforgettable.

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That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne.

Bristol Bad Film Club A place where movie fans can come and behold some of the most awful films ever put to celluloid.

Crazes of the year: Truffaut, Rohmer, Antonioni, and Preston Sturges, but also discovering work of directors previously unknown to me.

Continuing preoccupations: French New Wave directors

Revelation of the year: There are no good films and bad films, but films people consider bad for being too much are more likely to be up my alley than films that are bad for not being enough.

Stuff I caught up on: eh, everything, it's only my 2nd year of serious movie watching (2008 was the starting point, but I saw 40 great films, maybe, probably less - this year I saw over a 100 at least)

Happiest surprises: Scott Pilgrim - I was sceptical but it's comfortably the best film of 2010 I've seen

Biggest disappointments: letting the rating spiral out of control, resulting in about 200 8's, and at the same time watching less movies than at the beginning of the year

Best film I saw at the cinema: Back to the Future, though Pilgrim came close

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jamesbondguy: Miles is clearly the finest film theorist of his generation

And the last month, to wrap it up. Not very exciting, nor too varied (too much focus on films from the last 20 years), but solid throughout, to the extent that it has the highest averages I've ever had (that or I've lost the capability to be critical)

I'll post the final stats and a wrap-up of all the wonderful films I saw this year in Miles' Thread (to let this sink, and my thread rise ), after my exams (ie. next weekend, though I have more exams afterwards)

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jamesbondguy: Miles is clearly the finest film theorist of his generation

Continuing preoccupations: Watching anything and everything, but TV taking up too much time. The internet keps me from watching things as well (it's all Nick Park's fault!)

Happiest surprises: Spongebob Squarepants Movie. It was awesome.

Biggest disappointments: The Repulsion, but I shouldn't have been surprised given that Polanski's crap anyway.

Some favourite moments: The Two Towers and ROTK complete with live score, and then seeing Howard Shore. Seeing some early Disney short films.

Best film I saw at the cinema: Obviously, The Lord Of The Rings with live score, I can't think of any other films which would be so outstanding in that format, New stuff, Toy Story 3 by a country mile.

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So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.